HyperWorks 12.0 Release Notes

AcuTrace results for massless particles flowing over a flexible road sign
under high wind conditions
Changes to AcuConsole Parasolid CAD Reader
AcuConsole no longer needs a separate license feature to import Parasolid files. Parasolid formats may
now be imported directly into AcuConsole using the standard HWU licensing scheme.
Improvements to Installation Package
AcuSolve V12.0 boasts a new, common installation package interface across all supported platforms.
This was accomplished through a transition to the InstallAnywhere packaging. The InstallAnywhere
package is proven to install and uninstall in a fraction of the time on Windows platforms when
compared to previous releases of AcuSolve. In addition to the performance improvements, Perl is now
included in the Windows packages, eliminating the need for a separate installation to successfully run
AcuSolve. Spaces are now fully supported within installation paths and working directory paths on
Windows as well.
A single package of AcuSolve is now used to install both the legacy licensed version of the solver
(i.e. ACUSIM licensing)as well as the HWU licensed version of the code. This allows all users to take
advantage of the improvements to the packaging.
Significant changes have also been made to the directory structure into which AcuSolve is installed.
AcuSolve now installs using the following structure: INSTALL_DIR/altair/acusolve/platform/.
Where platform is one of win32,win64, or linux64 and INSTALL_DIR is chosen by the user at
installation time. The $ACUSIM_VERSION variable is no longer used. However, for backward
compatibility, it is set to an empty string on Linux platforms.
For users that wish to link the new directory structure within a legacy installation on Linux platforms,
this can be accomplished by soft linking the resulting directory structure to the “latest” link, or by soft
linking it to a link with the version as the name. Below are some examples:
• HyperWorks and AcuSolve installed in: /scratch1/Applications/HyperWorks/12.0
• Legacy AcuSolve installation in : /scratch1/Applications/Acusim/LINUX64